Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Now that marriage equality is gaining momentum across the USA, there are more and more fashionable snowmen out there celebrating their very first Christmas together as a married couple.

A Traverse City, Michigan elementary school music teacher made the wrong choice by going with the latter. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Many American schools have mounted campaigns to get students to abandon this slang usage because it can be offensive (there are similar campaigns against the slang use of retarded, not to mention lame, used in a similarly negative and potentially offensive sense). With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. In the original 1862 publication, Oliphant's English lyrics were published alongside Talhaiarn's Welsh lyrics.Roasting chestnuts on an open fire doesn't sound appetizing to me, but "heating cocoa in the microwave" just doesn't have the same verve. Yule is used in modern times as another word for Christmas and the Christmas season, though the word has origins in an ancient Germanic midwinter festival. And if you're going to revamp Christmas carols, there are many lyrics other than those of "Deck the Halls" to start with.

In 1862 the Scottish poet Thomas Oliphant took the tune of the Welsh Nos Galan, a New Year’s song that had nothing to do with Christmas, boughs of holly, or any kind of clothing, gay or otherwise, and put his own words to it, creating what would then become one of the most popular Christmas carols. When the lyrics to ‘Deck the Halls’ were translated from Gaelic and published in English back in the 1800’s, the word ‘gay’ meant festive or merry,” according to a statement released Wednesday. The most popular of the merry melodies is a cover by Love To Sing, a choir best known for their Christmas-themed music. By the 1930s in the United States, gay also began to acquire a slang sense referring to homosexuality. A range of t-shirts sold by independent artists featuring a huge variety of original designs in sizes XS-5XL; availability depending on style.When Oliphant wrote “don we now our gay apparel” he surely meant something like ‘brightly colored, festive’ clothing.